A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

A 45-year-old woman said she had always liked Hagia Sophia as a museum, but "always thought it was a cold building". Now was the moment for Turkey to reinforce its independence, she added.

Restoration of the Hagia Sophia dome in Istanbul (Constantinople) will begin this spring, overseen by the Directorate General ...

Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque of Istanbul, Turkey, to undergo an extensive restoration process.According to Greek News, Turkish ...

Hagia Sophia was a cathedral for nearly 1,000 years before being converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1935. Diyanet said in a statement on Tuesday that the Christian icons in Hagia ...

It then served as a mosque from 1453 until 1935, before becoming a secular museum. In 2020, the building once again became a working mosque. Once the biggest cathedral in the world, the Hagia ...

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted into a ...

Converting the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque has been always causing chaos and discussions online and the latest was by the US senator who asked Turkey to return it back. He should ...

Islamic Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” exhibit currently showing. The plaque that caught my eye praises the Ottoman Empire for having turned the Hagia Sophia church into a mosque.

Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... the cathedral became a museum. In 1985, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

TASS/. Moscow regrets Ankara’s decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. "We regret the ...